Social EngineeringRetail & ConsumerRetailPhishingEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumActive

THE DIXIE GROUP, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 9, 2016

Filed

Mar 21, 2016

To disclose

12 days

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for THE DIXIE GROUP, INC. →2 incidents on file

The Dixie Group, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General that on Feb 11, 2016, an employee's phishing email led to unauthorized access to a file containing PII of all current employees. Discovered March 9, 2016. Affected data included names, DOBs, SSNs, addresses, and salaries. 2 NH residents notified. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 27 days

discovery → filing · 12 days

Feb 11, 2016

Begins

Mar 9, 2016

Discovered

Mar 21, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_ecc6e2b76f12b0ca2016-03-28 · +7dVerified

Name: THE DIXIE GROUP, INC.
norm: the dixie

Name: THE DIXIE GROUP, INC.
norm: the dixie
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 9, 2016
Breach occurred: Feb 11, 2016
Undetected for: 27 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 21, 2016
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reporting the incident to law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Reporting the incident to law enforcement
Working very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Provided the New Hampshire residents with written notice
Offering the residents a complimentary membership with a credit monitoring and identity theft protection service
Providing dedicated call center support
Changes made: Training its workforce on security threats
Continually evaluating and modifying its practices to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 days(12 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGMar 21 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Mar 21 (NH), last Mar 28 (MA) — a 7-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/dixie-group-20160321.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 21, 2016
Raw hash: 5d2d0044308831136d8ba6a38f91dc5827cffbf8a76f998dbf508b596de5c58e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE DIXIE GROUP, INC.

Victim entityTHE DIXIE GROUP, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 9, 2016

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov